Deus, in adjutorium

This setting of the invitatory psalm verse Deus, in adjutorium meum intende and the Lesser Doxology comes from a Vespers tradition. The opening words, 'God, come to my assistance; Lord, make haste to help me', are a plea for divine aid, initiating the daily cycle of evening prayer in the Divine Office. The Lesser Doxology, 'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.', is sung between Septuagesima and Easter without the 'Alleluia', instead using the antiphon 'Praise to you, Lord, King of eternal glory'. The SATTB voicing suggests a rich, sonorous texture, appropriate for liturgical use where the polyphony would have been sung to the glory of God.